WGO

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

A maker of motorhomes, travel trailers, and boats under brands like Winnebago, Grand Design, Newmar, Chris-Craft, and Barletta, sold through independent dealers. Founded in 1958 in Forest City, Iowa, when local businessman John K. Hanson lured a California trailer firm to town, it took its name in 1961 from Winnebago County, Iowa—not from the motorhome. It also builds Lithionics lithium-ion batteries using its NeverDie® Technology for RVs and boats.